After a day had passed, Li Nuo once again arrived at the Chang'an County Magistrate's Office.
Many petty thieves who haven't been caught by the law but have records at the County Magistrate's Office.
If the performance of catching thieves didn't meet the target in any given month, by the end of the month, they would grab a few record-holding petty thieves and throw them into the jail to boost their performance figures, which was an unwritten rule.
The constables at the County Magistrate's Office were well aware of these matters.
Li Nuo had Pei Zhe send for a few petty thieves named in the county office's records to see if they could find a breakthrough through them.
As soon as these people arrived at the County Magistrate's Office, they began crying and pleading for mercy.
"Injustice!"
"The commoner has long corrected his wrongs!"
"Your Excellency, please observe carefully, this commoner hasn't committed a single crime these days..."
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